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@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ will be available as a character device on major 13, minor 63:
68 68
69 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Mar 28 22:45 mice 69 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Mar 28 22:45 mice
70 70
71 This device has to be created, unless you use devfs, in which case it's 71 This device has to be created.
72created automatically. The commands to do create it by hand are: 72 The commands to create it by hand are:
73 73
74 cd /dev 74 cd /dev
75 mkdir input 75 mkdir input
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ about it.
154 154
1553.2 Event handlers 1553.2 Event handlers
156~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 156~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
157 Event handlers distrubite the events from the devices to userland and 157 Event handlers distribute the events from the devices to userland and
158kernel, as needed. 158kernel, as needed.
159 159
1603.2.1 keybdev 1603.2.1 keybdev
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ generated in the kernel straight to the program, with timestamps. The
230API is still evolving, but should be useable now. It's described in 230API is still evolving, but should be useable now. It's described in
231section 5. 231section 5.
232 232
233 This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse mouse 233 This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse
234events. It allows for multihead in X without any specific multihead 234events. It allows for multihead in X without any specific multihead
235kernel support. The event codes are the same on all architectures and 235kernel support. The event codes are the same on all architectures and
236are hardware independent. 236are hardware independent.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct input_event {
279}; 279};
280 280
281 'time' is the timestamp, it returns the time at which the event happened. 281 'time' is the timestamp, it returns the time at which the event happened.
282Type is for example EV_REL for relative momement, REL_KEY for a keypress or 282Type is for example EV_REL for relative moment, REL_KEY for a keypress or
283release. More types are defined in include/linux/input.h. 283release. More types are defined in include/linux/input.h.
284 284
285 'code' is event code, for example REL_X or KEY_BACKSPACE, again a complete 285 'code' is event code, for example REL_X or KEY_BACKSPACE, again a complete
@@ -289,24 +289,3 @@ list is in include/linux/input.h.
289EV_REL, absolute new value for EV_ABS (joysticks ...), or 0 for EV_KEY for 289EV_REL, absolute new value for EV_ABS (joysticks ...), or 0 for EV_KEY for
290release, 1 for keypress and 2 for autorepeat. 290release, 1 for keypress and 2 for autorepeat.
291 291
2926. Contacts
293~~~~~~~~~~~
294 This effort has its home page at:
295
296 http://www.suse.cz/development/input/
297
298You'll find both the latest HID driver and the complete Input driver
299there as well as information how to access the CVS repository for
300latest revisions of the drivers.
301
302 There is also a mailing list for this:
303
304 majordomo@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
305
306Send "subscribe linux-input" to subscribe to it.
307
308The input changes are also being worked on as part of the LinuxConsole
309project, see:
310
311 http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/
312